New US men’s national team coach Mauricio Pochettino said on Friday that his aim is nothing short of competing with – and beating – the best teams in the world.

Mere moments before the USMNT and New Zealand kicked off in Cincinnati, U.S. Soccer announced the appointment of Mauricio Pochettino as its next head coach.

Former Tottenham and Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has been hired to succeed Gregg Berhalter as U.S. men’s national team coach, 21 months before the Americans host the 2026 World Cup.

The long-awaited official hire of former Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino as the new head coach of the US men’s national soccer team (USMNT) has finally come to fruition.

The U.S. Soccer Federation traveled to Spain to make the pitch to Pochettino, who turns out had his own reasons for taking the USMNT job.

New U.S. men’s national team coach Mauricio Pochettino will make his debut in Austin. Pochettino, 52, who was officially named USMNT coach Tuesday afternoon by U.S. Soccer in the worst-kept secret in the sport, will lead the team for the first time in a friendly vs. Panama on Oct. 12 at Q2 Stadium.

Mauricio Pochettino is the new manager for the United States men's national team. Here's a look at some of the accomplishments in his coaching career.

For the past 5½ years, the focus has been on one element of the program, almost exclusively in a negative sense: Gregg Berhalter, the USMNT head coach from December 2018 to July